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AFBEA Quarterly Meetings
Next Quarterly Meeting:
Wednesday, September 4
Time: 1-4:30 p.m.
Location: Mesa Fire & Medical
2024 Quarterly Meetings
Thursday, March 7: Surprise Fire & Medical
Thursday, June 6: Virtual - Teams
Wednesday, September 4, 1-4:30 p.m.: Mesa Fire & Medical
Thursday, December 5: TBD
Upcoming Training
Youth Firesetting and Educational Interviewing Stratgies - N0621
Course Description: The two-day Youth Firesetting Interviewing and Educational Intervention Strategies course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform an interview/screening and develop an educational intervention program for identified youth exhibiting fire misuse behaviors. The course addresses how to establish and implement these strategies to meet the needs of these youths and their families.
Participants will learn how to interview youth who have engaged in high-risk behaviors such as youth firesetting (YFS) or experimentation with incendiary/explosive devices. Participants will also learn how to provide education intervention options for simple and complex youth firesetting situations.
Course Fees: $100 Member Rate | $150 Non-Member Rate
Prerequisites: Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and IC-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA online. Chief's signature attest that the applicant has completed the required training.
Location: Scottsdale Fire Department 8401 E Indian School Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85281
Fire & Life Safety Program Manager
Course Description: The Fire and Life Safety Program Manager creates, administers, and evaluates educational programs and information. In addition, the Program Manager develops support for Community Risk Reduction programs, creates an awareness of those programs within the organization and their community, and creates training programs for less experienced members of the organization.
Pre-requisites include completion of FLSE I and II courses.
Location: Arizona Burn Foundation 1452 N 7th St., Phoenix, AZ
Fire & Life Safety Educator Courses
AFBEA offers Fire & Life Safety Educator courses throughout the State of Arizona, several times a year. These courses comply with the NFPA 1030 Standard and currently also meet the criteria of the Arizona Center for Fire Service Excellence (AzCFSE) for Certificates of Completion. The AzCFSE is responsible for the day-to-day administration of Arizona Fire Service training and Fire Service certification processes.
The Fire and Life Safety Educator’s role is an integral component of keeping communities safe from fire and injury. The FLSE classes provide the foundation of the educator as laid out in the new NFPA 1030 standards, which includes the rich history of the fire service, safety messaging and understanding the methods to teach to a variety of audiences.
Currently, AFBEA uses the Fire and Life Safety Educator, 4th Edition. It can be purchased through Amazon or through IFSTA: (Fire and Life Safety Educator, 4th Edition | IFSTA )
FLSE I is taught at the Arizona Fire School in September. Other classes may be taught throughout the state if student numbers demand.
FLSE II and Program Manager are taught as needed. AFBEA has secured dates in 2025 for both of these classes.
Register early to secure your seat!
Conferences/Symposiums
The Desert Southwest CRR Conference is designed to assist many levels of the Fire and Life Safety Educators — beginning, intermediate, or advanced — by giving usable tools to start a program or fine tune one already in place.
New to Community Risk Management?
Here are a few recommended courses to get you started.
International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA) & The Vision 20/20 Project - Essentials of Community Risk Reduction
U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) - Community Risk Reduction Courses
The CPSE‘s 10th edition of the Quality Improvement for the Fire And Emergency Services document, which is used by fire departments across the globe in their accreditation process, has a strong emphasis on Community Risk Assessment.
You can download the Crosswalk developed by Vision 20/20 and CPSE that identifies the resources available from each organization, and others, that relate to CRR and CRA. This provides a common ground between the organizations.
Be sure to check out the free resources available from Vision 20/20, including:
AIOA Virtual Training/Networking
The next Arizona Information Officers Association hosted event will be late April/early May. Look for details in the Arizona PIOs Facebook group in the coming weeks. Not part of that group - join now.
National Fire Academy
Community Risk Reduction Curriculum - National Fire Academy courses, catalogs and schedules. Review the full outline.
PIO Courses
Online Independent Study Training for PIO's through FEMA. Head here to scroll through the list of classes or search by title. FEMA has restructured their PIO course offerings. The new Public Information Basics (0105) full course description can be found through the PIO Training button below.
Professional designation for PIOs is now available through the Center for Public Safety Excellence's Commission on Professional Credentialing.
PIO Contact List
There is a statewide PIO contact list. The list is divided into multiple tabs representing jurisdictional levels (city, county, federal, state and tribes) and specialties (law enforcement, fire, schools, utilities, etc).
The PIO list is a great resource because you help keep it accurate. If you would like the list and/or need to help make edits please contact the PIO Office.